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I‘ve had it. I’m fed up. After what amounts to 24hrs of fighting with ruby over which version was installed, needed, missing, I‘m done. I’m done with ruby version managers. I'm done with out of date bundles and gems. No more ruby for this kitten.

You might notice that the tags for this post are drastically different than my usual JS related posts (or the occasional video game post). It‘s that season where I sit at my desk and pontificate as I work. So I’m trying to capture some stuff and blogging. Welcome back to the blogosphere, self!

That‘s right. I pick out a node library to use for a project and try it and dump it for something else in a matter of days. There’s nothing wrong with that for me, working alone, at the very beginning of a very iterative approach to a novel solution. But if you aren‘t me, and I assure you, you’re not, don‘t worry I’ll still try to make this useful and helpful if you're trying to decide what library you want your node project to use.

I'm not an html/css person. I like processes, line by line debugging and compiling. Html and css are largely guesswork and pixel pushing. Browsers never implement standards the same way twice, so I end up researching new best practices all the time for everything.

That being said, you can‘t make a site without some markup and styling. That’s really what a site is, RIGHT?

Well, ‘tis official, I’ve given up on GeddyJS. My original foray started out very polite and good and productive. But in the end, I had to walk away to something that was more ‘node’. Here's how it went down, step by step.

tl;dr: Geddyjs is RoR without the large community. Expressjs is a set of simple tools to get stuff done. I am learning this the stupid way.

Have you ever followed geddy's todo list tutorial and then thought: “Awesome, I just finished every ruby tutorial ever. How do I add in Authentication?” You may have then landed on their git pages in regard to requiring authentication. If so, then YOU‘RE DOING JUST WHAT I DID. OMG. HOW’D IT GO FOR YOU?

I‘ve been hearing a lot about sequels in gaming during this E3 season. There’s a lot. EA is focusing on big name sequels, Dead Space 3 and Need for Speed: Most Wanted. Ubisoft is releasing Just Dance 4, Far Cry 3, and Splinter Cell Blacklist. Assasin's Creed is getting a new installment as well.